Peter Cook said this was modelled on "those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War". Lenny Bruce, Barry Humphries, Dudley Moore's jazz trio, all appeared here. The picture shows Cook himself on stage at The Establishment. As a private club it was outside the stringent censorship laws. The club was very successful and another was opened in New York in 1963, but neither was long-lived.
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The Establishment Club
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Peter Cook
City of Westminster Peter Cook, 1937 - 1995, comedian and "only twin", co-fo...
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George Rae
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Penny Post
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Phoenix Fire Office
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John Kidd and Co.
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Stanley School WW1 memorial
TW11, Stanley Road, Stanley Primary School
The face on the right (south-facing) has been badly weather-beaten and then it seems the lettering has been renewed but only some of it, ...
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